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PLoS One
November 2021
Division of Anthropology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland.
During archaeological excavations in burial sites, sometimes stoned organic objects are found, in addition to human remains. Those objects might be of a different origin, depending on various factors influencing members of a community (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Med Case Rep
November 2019
Department of Radiology, Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Background: Lithopedion is a word derived from the Greek words lithos, meaning stone, and paidion, meaning child, to describe a fetus that has become stony or petrified. Lithopedion is a rare complication of pregnancy which occurs when a fetus dies and becomes too large to be reabsorbed by the body. This entity in rare circumstances can be challenging for physicians to diagnose since it has a range of clinical manifestations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Vet Sci
August 2019
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
A wild European rabbit, , was diagnosed with an abdominal pregnancy due to the presence of a single abdominal lithopedion attached by a thin fibrovascular stalk to the left uterine horn, which was distorted by the tension of the adhesion. Evidence of mineralized remnants, chronic inflammation, and fibrosis in the left uterine endometrium and myometrium suggested that the lithopedion had arisen as a secondary abdominal pregnancy. The right uterine horn contained two macroscopically normal fetuses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRev Bras Ginecol Obstet
February 2019
Division of Medicine, Fortaleza Health Squadron, Força Aérea Brasileira, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Ectopic pregnancy is the leading cause of pregnancy-related death during the first trimester, and it occurs in 1 to 2% of pregnancies. Over 90% of ectopic pregnancies are located in the fallopian tube. Abdominal pregnancy refers to an ectopic pregnancy that has implanted in the peritoneal cavity, external to the uterine cavity and fallopian tubes.
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November 2017
Service d'imagerie médicale, centre hospitalier Sud Francilien, 116, boulevard Jean-Jaurès, 91100 Corbeil-Essonnes, France.
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